madhuramangalam

rAmAnuja padhach chAyA gOvindhAhva anapAyinI
thadhA yaththa svarUpA sA jIyAn madh visramasthalee

madhuramangalam (also known as mazhalai mangalam, dhakshiNa mathurA, etc) is the divine abode of vaikuNta perumAL and kamala valli thAyAr. This is said to be part of pancha nArAyaNa/vishNu kshEthram (around this dhivya kshEthram).

kamala valli thAyAr, SrI dhEvi, bhU dhEvi samEtha vaikuNta perumAL

emperumAn appeared here to bless garuda, saptha rishis and suparNa mahArAjA (a king). After the birth of embAr (who is emperumAnAr’s divine cousin, thirumalai nambi’s dear sishya and originally known as gOvindhAchArya) here, this kshEthram became more popular.

Summary

perumAL: vaikuNta perumAL

thAyAr: kamala valli thAyAr

sthalAdhipathi/AchAryan: embAr

pushkariNi: garuda pushkariNi

sthala vruksham (tree): pArijAtham

vimAnam: vEdhAmOdha vimAnam

Agamam: SrI vaikAnasam

embAr’s AchArya nishtai: http://ponnadi.blogspot.com/2013/01/embars-acharya-nishtai.html

There are several sannidhis and uthsavams that happen for the emperumAn, AzhwArs and AchAryas in this dhivya dhEsam.

Inside the temple:

• Presiding deity
  • vaikuNtap perumAL with SrI dhEvi and bhU dhEvi
  • embAr (gOvindhAchArya) with bhattar as his pAdhukA
• thanikkOyil nAchiyArs (separate thAyAr sannidhis)
  • kamala valli thAyAr
• ANdAL
• sEnai mudhaliyAr
• nammAzhwAr
• thirumangai AzhwAr
• thirukkachi nambi
• emperumAnAr
• maNavALa mAmunigaL

Outside the temple:

• thiruvadi (hanumAn sannidhi)

uthsavams

• chithrai
  • vaikuNtap perumAL brahmOthsavam – thIrthavAri on chithrai sravaNam
• vaikAsi
  • nammAzhwAr – visAkam
  • bhattar – anusham
• Ani
• Adi
• AvaNi
  • SrI jayanthi – rOhiNi/ashtami followed by uriyadi uthsavam on the next day
  • pavithrOthsavam
• purattAsi
  • navarAthri uthsavam – 9 days
  • vijaya dhasami
• aippasi
  • maNavALa mAmunigaL uthsavam completing on thirumUlam
  • dhIpAvaLi
• kArthigai
  • kArthigai dhIpam
• mArgazhi
  • dhanur/mArgazhi mAsam kramam
  • adhyayana uthsavam
  • vaikuNta EkAdhasi (rA pathu beginning)
• thai
  • sankarAnthi
  • embAr uthsavam concluding on punarpUsam (sARRumuRai on pUsam)
• mAsi
• panguni